News from February 2022
By State Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: The escalation in Yemen, which resulted in more than 100 casualties in recent days, is of great concern for the United States. In particular, we are aware of reports of a Saudi-led Coalition strike that hit a detention center today, killing at least 70 people. This airstrike comes just days after the deliberate Houthi attack on civilians in Abu Dhabi that also resulted in several casualties.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Feb. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening, everyone. Foreign Minister Korčok, Defense Minister Nad’ - Ivan, Jaroslav - welcome. I am so pleased to have you here at the State Department today in Washington. We just had very good consultations on the many issues that bring us together.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: A North Carolina surgeon and his wife were sentenced today to five years in prison for federal employment and individual income tax crimes.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: ARDMORE, PA - A federal court in Pennsylvania has ordered an Ardmore employer who denied more than $1.4 million in wages to hundreds of home care workers in the Philadelphia area to pay its workers more than $2.8 million in back wages and liquidated damages.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: A former nurse practitioner and clinic owner was sentenced in the Eastern District of Tennessee today to 14 years in prison for illegally distributing prescription opioid pills to his patients.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Timothy Foley, New York Division announced that Brennen Bryant, Jr., 29, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: PHOENIX - On Jan. 20, 2021, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) arrested three subjects who were distributing methamphetamine and fake M30 pills suspected to contain fentanyl from BSG Auto Sales in Phoenix, Arizona. Investigators seized from the auto dealership approximately 20 pounds of methamphetamine, 4,000 M30 pills suspected to contain fentanyl, 14 firearms and two vehicles. The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office has charged the following...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: Purported Fine Italian Wine Importer Defrauded Florida Innkeeper in 2019.
By State Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, please accept my best wishes as the people of Australia commemorate Australia Day on January 26.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that it is accepting applications for the 2022 HIRE Vets Medallion Award. The award is presented annually to employers that meet standards for excellence in the recruitment, hiring and retention of America’s military veterans.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on Feb. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
Release: The military operation authorized by President Biden and carried out by U.S. forces last night in northwest Syria has resulted in the death of Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, the leader of ISIS - a significant victory in the global fight to disrupt and dismantle ISIS.
By State Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
U.S. Speaker Program for Kosovo grant opened on Feb. 3.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
The House of Representatives section of the Congressional Record published “REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS” on Jan. 21.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: The United States is designating Hizballah-affiliated financial facilitator Adnan Ayad, as well as members of an international network of facilitators and companies connected to him and to Adel Diab, Ayad’s business partner and fellow Hizballah financier. Diab was designated on January 18 of this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with James A. Scott & Son Inc., an insurance agency doing business as Scott Insurance headquartered in Lynchburg, Virginia. The settlement resolves the department’s claims that Scott Insurance discriminated on the basis ...
By State Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke by phone today with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba at the conclusion of his trip to Europe to address Russia’s unprovoked military buildup near Ukraine’s borders. The Secretary briefed Foreign Minister ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
Release: Thank you. It’s a pleasure to be with all of you today, and I’m glad to see so many familiar faces.
